Portable child's amusement and educational center

Abstract

A portable child's amusement and educational center comprises a tent suitable for children's play of the type generally having flexible walls supported by a frame and a portal for entering and exiting, and a learning board for educational learning attached to the tent. The learning board is removable and interchangeable, and may contain educational exercises, allow for writing on its surface, or for attachment of alphanumeric characters or figures. The learning board is removably contained in a pocket assembly, which may further preferably comprise sub-pockets for containing various child's play articles.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A portable child's amusement and educational center comprising: a) a substantially flat learning board having educational indicia upon an exposed surface thereof by which a child may be amused and educated;   b) a portable enclosure of a flexible sheet like material having a plurality of abutting and adjacent walls, a support for supporting said walls, a floor attached about its periphery to a lower edge of each of said walls, and a portal through one of said walls for egress and ingress to and from said enclosure; and   c) a pocket assembly for receiving therein said learning board, said pocket being sealed on each side edge and bottom edge, and having an open upper edge through which said learning board is inserted, and   d) a plurality of interchangeable learning boards each having different amusement or educational instruction or exercises.   
     
     
       2. A portable child's amusement and educational center comprising: a) a plurality of interchangeable substantially flat learning boards, each having different educational educational indicia corresponding to instruction or exercises on an exposed surface by which a child may be amused and educated;   b) a portable enclosure of a flexible sheet like material having a plurality of abutting and adjacent walls, a frame member extending along a side edge of each of said walls for supporting said walls, a floor attached about its periphery to a lower edge of each of said walls, and a portal through one of said walls for egress and ingress to and from said enclosure;   c) a closeable door flap having a top, bottom and two side edges removably covering said portal, said door flap hingedly attached along said top edge to said one of said walls, said door flap having fastening means for removably attaching said side edges and bottom edge to said one of said walls, said fastening means selected from the group consisting of ties, mating hook and loop sets, or snaps,   d) a pocket assembly for receiving therein one of said plurality of said learning boards, said pocket releasably attached to said tent whereby a child may be amused and educated.   
     
     
       3. A children's amusement and educational center as in claim 2, wherein said pocket assembly further comprises a plurality of sub-pockets attached to said pocket assembly, said sub-pockets superimposed over and registering with said indicia of one of said plurality of said learning boards in said pocket. 
     
     
       4. A children's amusement and educational center as in claim 2, wherein said flexible sheetlike material comprises mesh. 
     
     
       5. A children's amusement and educational center as in claim 2, wherein said pocket assembly further comprises a top panel attached about each side edge and lower edge to said door flap, thereby forming a pocket with open upper edge for inserting said learning board. 
     
     
       6. A portable child's amusement and educational center comprising: a) a plurality of interchangeable substantially flat learning boards, each having different educational educational indicia corresponding to instruction or exercises on an exposed surface by which a child may be amused and educated,   b) a portable enclosure of a flexible sheet like material having a plurality of abutting and adjacent walls, a frame member extending along a side edge of each of said walls for supporting said walls, a floor attached about its periphery to a lower edge of each of said walls, and a portal through one of said walls for egress and ingress to and from said enclosure;   c) a closeable door flap having a top, bottom and two side edges removably covering said portal, said door flap hingedly attached along said top edge to said one of said walls, said door flap having fastening means for removably attaching said side edges and bottom edge to said one of said walls, said fastening means selected from the group consisting of ties, mating hook and loop sets, or snaps, i) said door flap comprising a pocket assembly for receiving therein one of said plurality of said learning boards, said pocket assembly attached to said door flap, said pocket being sealed on each side edge and bottom edge, and having an open upper edge through which said one of said plurality of said learning board is inserted,   ii) a plurality of sub-pockets attached to said pocket assembly, said sub-pockets superimposed over and registering with said indicia of said one of said plurality of said learning board in said pocket by which a child may be amused and educated.     
     
     
       7. A children's amusement and educational center as in claim 6, wherein said flexible sheetlike material comprises mesh.